2007 Ford Five Hundred

2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED "BUCKS FORWARD OR REVERSE WHEN SHIFTING GEARS!.WE HAVE ALMOST HIT PEOPLE,OTHER CARS,AND HAVE LUNGED INTO TRAFFIC AT STOP LIGHTS.THIS IS A HAZARD AND FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ASAP!!!!!!..I AM TAKING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY IN HOPES OF GETTING THIS FIXED AS WE HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN AND I WOULD HATE TO BE IN AN ENORMOUS ACCIDENT!!!!!!! *TR

MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED LAST SEPTEMBER. I AM RELUCTANT TO CALL THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING WITH THE FIVE HUNDRED, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ON GOOD TERMS. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THEY THINK WE TRADED OUR 2000 MITSUBISHI IN WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION. THAT IS NOT TRUE. WE NEVER HAD ANY TRANNY PROBLEMS WITH OUR CAR, AND WE DID NOT WANT TO TRADE IT IN, BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A DOWN PAYMENT, THEY SAID WE HAD TO TRADE IT IN. IT WAS NOT OUR IDEA TO TRADE THE CAR IN, AND WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE TRANNY BEING BAD. THEY TOOK AN ATTITUDE WITH US AFTER THAT HAPPENED, AND A COUPLE OF MINOR THINGS THAT NEEDED FIXING ON THE FORD FIVE HUNDRED, THEY WOULD NOT FIX. NOW WE ARE DRIVING IN A DANGEROUS VEHICLE, AND FROM WHAT I FOUND OUT, THERE WAS COMPLAINTS MADE IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR ABOUT THE THROTTLE, AND WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED. WE JUST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR LUNGING FORWARD, AND BACKWARDS, AND ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. WE ALMOST HAD TWO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE CAR SURGING LIKE THIS. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS, AND WE HAVE PULLED UP MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE CARS, AND PEOPLE COMPLAINING TO THEIR DEALERS, AND THEY HAD TO KNOW ABOUT IT. THEY SAY LAST OCTOBER WAS WHEN COMPLAINTS WERE MADE AND DEALERS WERE NOTIFIED , BUT THEY NEVER LET US KNOW, AND THE CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER WARRANTY THEN. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO. HERE IS A COPY OF JUST ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS I FOUND BELOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHILE IN REVERSE OR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN TWO YEARS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, CAR WILL LUNGE BACK A FEW FEET. JUST LAST WEEK, I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT A STORE AND IT LUNGED FIVE TIMES BEFORE I TOOK IT OUT OF REVERSE AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE. IT LUNGED AGAIN FORWARD AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME. IF MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO LUNGE UNLESS IT IS STOPPED EITHER BY BRAKING OR HITTING SOMETHING. WHEN IN A DRIVE-THRU, WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, WHEN I RELEASE THE BRAKE THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, PEOPLE HAVE STATED IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE AND IT COULD COST 500.00 + DOLLARS TO REPAIR. IT IS A FACTORY MISTAKE THAT FORD IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I WAS ADVISED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA JUST IN CASE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. WE ARE TAKING THE CAR IN TO SEE IF WE CAN AFFORD THE REPAIR ON OUR OWN NEXT WEEK. IF IT IS THE THROTTLE AND DOES COST AS MUCH AS OTHERS HAVE CLAIMED, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE REPAIR.

PURCHASED A NEW FORD FIVE HUNDRED IN 2007. HAVE KEPT UP WITH ALL REGULAR MAINTENANCE. AFTER PUTTING ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I WOULD COME TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, MAILBOX, OR DRIVE-THRU AND LET MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKES AND THE CAR WOULD "JUMP" -- ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. MY FOOT WOULD NOT EVEN BE ON THE GAS PEDAL. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE "REPROGRAMMED". I SPECIFICALLY ASKED COULD IT BE A PROBLEM WITH FUEL SYSTEM AND WAS TOLD NO. I HAD THE WORK COMPLETED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS TO THIS DAY. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WITH REAR END COLLISIONS. FINALLY AS I WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE, THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND HIT A POST IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKES ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SURGE BACKWARDS WHILE REVERSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED WITHIN THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 60 MPH WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE ENGINE REMAINED IDLE. THE CONTACT CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER RESET THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL COMPUTER AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN, THE COMPUTER MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

I PURCHASED A FORD 500 07 IN MARCH OF 2010. PRIOR TO THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY ENDING, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TWICE FOR A SURGING PROBLEM GOING FROM DRIVE/REVERSE. THE FIRST TIME THE SHOP COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME THE SERVICE MGR. AND DAUGHTER DID A TEST DRIVE. RIGHT OFF THE BAT THE CAR SURGED. HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR BACK ONE MORNING SO HE COULD KEEP IT ALL DAY. I COULD NOT DO THIS AT THE TIME, THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. ON 10/2/10 WHILE BACKING UP IN THE EMERGENCY LANE ON THE INTERSTATE. MY CAR ACCELERATED ON IT OWN, WHILE MOVING BACKWARDS. I HIT THE BRAKE THE ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOOR. I LIFTED MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE IT TOOK OFF AGAIN. THE RPM HAND WAS GOING CRAZY. I HAD NO CONTROL. THE CAR WENT INTO A SPIN, I ENDED UP IN THE DITCH WHILE HITTING ANOTHER CAR. LUCKILY WE ARE STILL ALIVE. *TR....UPDATED 08/08/16 *BF *TR